China vs Japan
Ref: M. T. Aljaafari
Match recap
Japan beat China 3–1 in their World Cup - Qualification Asia fixture. Lin Liangming scored for China; Ogawa, Itakura, and Ogawa replied for Japan. China held 32% possession to 68% for Japan.
First Half
Xie Wenneng
Yellow Card
Cao Yongjing
Yellow Card
39'
⚽
Ogawa
Assist: Kubo
45'
⚽
Itakura
Assist: Machida
Second Half
⚽
Lin Liangming
Assist: Wei Shihao
54'
⚽
Ogawa
Assist: Ito
Wei Shihao
Yellow Card
⇄
Cao Yongjing
⇄
Lin Liangming
64'
⇄
Minamino
65'
⇄
Nakamura
68'
Seko
Yellow Card
77'
⇄
Ito
77'
⇄
Ogawa
⇄
Wei Shihao
⇄
Jiang Shenglong
84'
⇄
Kubo
⇄
Xie Wenneng
Match Statistics
ChinaJapan
1Won
Statistical edge
1–12
battles won across 15 metrics
Attack1 · 5 won
8
Shots
11
3
Shots on target
5
3
Shots in the box
7
5
Shots outside box
4
3
Shots off goal
4
2
Corners
6
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
32%
Possession
68%
291
Total passes
613
201
Accurate passes
529
69%
Pass accuracy
86%
Discipline0 · 3 won
17
Fouls
10
3
Yellow cards
1
2
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 0 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
2
2
Blocked shots
2
China
4-3-1-2
Japan
3-4-2-1
China
4-3-1-2Starting XI
- 5Zhu ChenjieD
- 6Wang ShangyuanM
- 7Xu HaoyangM
- 10Wei ShihaoF
- 11Lin LiangmingF
- 13Hu HetaoD
- 14Wang DaleiG
- 16Jiang ShenglongD
- 19Cao YongjingM
- 20Xie WennengM
- 23Yang ZexiangD
Substitutes
- 1Yan JunlingG
- 2Jiang GuangtaiD
- 3Wei ZhenD
- 4Wang Zhen'aoD
- 8Li YuanyiM
- 9Zhang YuningF
- 12Liu DianzuoG
- 15Cheng JinM
- 17Huang ZhengyuM
- 18Han PengfeiD
- 21Wang HaijianM
- 22Wang ZimingF
Japan
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1Z. SuzukiG
- 4K. ItakuraD
- 6W. EndoM
- 8T. MinaminoF
- 13Keito NakamuraM
- 14J. ItoM
- 16K. MachidaD
- 17A. TanakaM
- 19Koki OgawaF
- 20T. KuboF
- 22A. SekoD
Substitutes
- 2Y. SugawaraD
- 3D. HashiokaD
- 5H. MoritaM
- 7K. MitomaM
- 9K. FuruhashiF
- 10R. DōanM
- 11D. MaedaF
- 12K. OsakoG
- 15D. KamadaM
- 18Y. OhashiF
- 21R. HatateM
- 23K. TaniG
China
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shihao Wei | F | 79 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1/3 |
| Liangming Lin | F | 63 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Wenneng Xie | M | 89 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/2 |
| Chenjie Zhu | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zexiang Yang | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Hetao Hu | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Dalei Wang(C) | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shangyuan Wang | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Haoyang Xu | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Yongjing Cao | M | 63 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Shenglong Jiang | D | 79 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Junling Yan | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cheng Jin | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhenao Wang | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haijian Wang | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhengyu Huang | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyias Browning | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dianzuo Liu | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pengfei Han | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhen Wei | D | 11 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuning Zhang | F | 27 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Yuanyi Li | M | 27 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Ziming Wang | F | 11 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
Japan
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koki Ogawa | F | 77 | 8.5 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 2/2 |
| Ko Itakura | D | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Junya Ito | M | 77 | 7.5 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0/3 |
| Koki Machida | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Ao Tanaka | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Takefusa Kubo | F | 84 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wataru Endo(C) | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Ayumu Seko | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zion Suzuki | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keito Nakamura | M | 65 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Takumi Minamino | F | 64 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Reo Hatate | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuki Ohashi | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kosei Tani | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yukinari Sugawara | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hidemasa Morita | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keisuke Osako | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ritsu Doan | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daiki Hashioka | D | 13 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Daichi Kamada | M | 26 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | M | 25 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | F | 13 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Daizen Maeda | F | 13 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |